Past Contest Entries

Deadly Legacy

When Frank Jackowski died of Huntington’s disease at age 44, his family considered it a blessing his suffering had ended. And it was a blessing for Frank’s three children; for about 12 years, Huntington’s faded into the background. Then the youngest son, Danny started showing symptoms of the fatal, genetic disease. Danny’s decline brought back into focus the decisions his brother and sister had made to start their own families despite the risk of passing on the disease. Now their children, who had never heard of Huntington’s until Danny became ill. have started asking Questions.

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Place:

No Award

Year:

  • 2007

Category:

  • Medium Newspapers (90,000-250,000 circ.)

Affiliation:

The Daily Herald

Reporter:

Susan Stevens

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